Martina Triolo, 76

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- Martina (Mary) Triolo, 76, of Graniteville, a native of Sicily who was recalled for her devotion to her family, died Sunday in Eger Health Care and Rehabilitation Center, Egbertville.

Born Martina Failla in Licodia, Sicily, she arrived in Brooklyn on Christmas Eve 1950. She raised her family in Bensonhurst before moving to Graniteville in 1989.

Mrs. Triolo spent the bulk of her career as a seamstress before working as a cashier at Trunzo's Meat Market in Brooklyn.

She was a parishioner of both Our Lady Star of the Sea R.C. Church, Huguenot, and Our Lady of Pity R.C. Church, Bulls Head.

Mrs. Triolo lovingly crafted blankets for every baby in the family.

She also enjoyed cooking and solving word search puzzles.

Happiest in the company of her family, Mrs. Triolo was anxiously awaiting the birth of her first great-grandchild.

She is survived by Francesco, her husband of 55 years; two sons, Vincent and Peter; three daughters, Grace Drago, Josephine Lamonica and Annmarie Triolo; her brother, Nicholas Failla; two sisters, Rose Rizzotto and Carmela Barberio, and nine grandchildren.

The funeral will be Friday from the John Vincent Scalia Home for Funerals, Eltingville, with a mass at 10 a.m. in Our Lady Star of the Sea Church. Burial will be in Resurrection Cemetery, Pleasant Plains.